⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 6:51 · LAC 51-38 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 2:23 · LAC 99-93 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
📋Player stats
Every player's final line, with the combos.
Clippers
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | TO | PRA | P+R | P+A | R+A | S+B | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Jones Jr.F | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 4-6 | +4 |
R. HachimuraF | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 0-0 | +2 |
B. LopezC | 26 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 8-11 | 1-2 | 3-4 | +9 |
K. DunnG | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 4-4 | +2 |
D. GarlandG Double-double | 32 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 9-12 | +2 |
K. SandersG | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 0-0 | +15 |
B. MillerF | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 6-6 | +7 |
M. StrusG | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | +17 |
K. WaglerG | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 4-4 | +11 |
G. DickG | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 1-2 | +17 |
N. MartinelliF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
J. PickettG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
C. ChristieG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Team | 139 | 36 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 46-84 | 16-38 | 31-38 |
Pelicans
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | TO | PRA | P+R | P+A | R+A | S+B | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z. WilliamsonF | 31 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 0 |
T. Murphy IIIF | 30 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 9-17 | 4-9 | 4-4 | -10 |
K. MatkovicF | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -2 |
D. MurrayG | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 4-4 | +4 |
J. FearsG | 29 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 10-14 | 3-5 | 2-4 | -1 |
S. BeyF | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 6-6 | -19 |
D. QueenC | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -14 |
H. JonesF | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -23 |
T. WatfordF | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -16 |
B. MathurinG | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -5 |
A. JohnsonG | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
J. ReeseF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
B. McGowensG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Team | 123 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 41-81 | 10-29 | 31-35 |
Did not playD. Jordan (coach's decision), J. Poole (coach's decision)
